Etymology

Yousaf

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Today it means: A surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Joseph. Full definition →

Urdu يوسف ← Arabic يُوسِف ← Hebrew יוסף
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromיוסף
  2. Arabic · derived fromيُوسِف
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromيوسف
  4. English todayYousaf

Variant of Youssef. From Urdu يوسف, from Arabic يُوسِف (yūsif), from Hebrew יוסף. This variant is mostly found in Pakistan.

Words from the same roots

Arabicيُوسِف all →

Youssef

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.